Sloppypie,
Before I answer your post, I'd appreciate a little background., if you are so inclined.
Do you have a job? How long have you been in the work-force? What is it you do? (Roughly, you don't have to be specific at all.)
I'm asking because I see a lot of MSNBC talking-points which are so easy to debunk, and they don't even require arguments. They require a few months in the labor force.
I await patiently for your response.
i don't mean this to be a dodge, but i've lurked here for some time so i understand how a lot of these threads go. and attacking credibility is kind of a norm here - things like "you're just a libtard," "you're a right wing nut," etc. etc.
i'm interested in arguments and discussion. i don't know anything about you - you could be 12 years old who likes politics, or 70 years old and been all over the world. neither is particularly relevant to me if a bad argument is put forward - bad is bad.
i'm not interested in talking points either - the issues i laid out are ones that i've seen to be backed up by relevant facts of world circumstances. maybe you disagree that the above issues are even real. i'd find that odd, but fair enough, we can discuss it like men. the worst that happens is i think you are ignorant and you think me naive.
if you want context on me, i'll give you info on my own leanings:
1. i do tend to be liberal, particularly for social issues like gay marriage.
2. i'm extremely aggressive on any issue where there are predators and victims, such as crime, banks, whatever, and i advocate strict and harsh punishments.
3. i personally don't see modern relevance of the libertarian philosophy in extreme limited government, or worse, that government is inherently evil and shouldn't exist - yet there's clear problems of it being too big and cumbersome, and more importantly falling into apathetic traps and policies that hurt people rather than help them (the latter is very common).
4. i'm rather neutral on guns. i see good and bad arguments, and i tend to take it from cultural perspectives based on where we are talking in the US.
5. i really don't like religious intrusion into government, particularly when it invades privacy rights and attempts to dictate moral conduct. i especially dislike religion's influence on school systems and their anti-science stances.
6. i want to see our country make decisions for moral reasons, not practical ones that are based on profits. the most obvious issue of this has been abysmal VA system, where people love to say they love the troops, yet the second the spotlight is off them they just walk over the issue like it's a muddy puddle.
7. i am extremely pro free speech and i find a lot of the anti-speech on college campuses to be very troubling. technically now it's insignificant b/c it's not widespread, but it's extremely dangerous ideology and epitomizes anti-intellectualism in places that are supposed to be the opposite.
8. i'm very much anti-media. i find 24/7 news to be a legitimate threat to democracy, and i am concerned a constitutional battle will come when an administration attempts to break up large media conglomerates under anti-trust laws in contrast to freedom of the press rights.
so with my politico bio sorta established, my question still stands - do you see these as problems i laid out in my first post, if you do, and how/why do you think republican ideology can fix them (assuming that's where you lean towards, which i'm just assuming). based on my following of the primaries, i'll be voting for bernie or hillary (which i know is very unpopular on this forum). and while i dismissed trump at the outset, i have to accept that he is the leading candidate and to take his positions seriously, so that's what i plan on doing if/when i discuss these topics.
